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Soto Hernandez, Henry
IM🇨🇺INACTIVE · since February 2025FIDE 3507475· Male· Cuba· Born in 1987
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Henry Soto Hernandez, a 39-year-old Cuban International Master, is rated 2468 — just 28 short of his peak of 2496 (May 2022, age 35) and ranked 9th among Cuban players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 35 rated games per year and had 4 career breaks: 17 months (2002–2004), 14 months (2004–2005), 28 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025). He reached Cuban #6 in Sep 2023 and has been in Cuban top 10 for 31 months and counting.
Awarded IM in 2015 (age 28) and FM in 2006 (age 19). At junior level, he reached #9, #10 and #8 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2468
Standard
Rpd2411·Blz2427
All-time high
2496
−28 pts below
May 2022 · age 35
May 2022 · age 35
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Cuban players · of 641
National top 10 since Aug 2025
National top 10 since Aug 2025
Career timeline
24 entries2026
31 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 15 months · since May 2022
May 2026
2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2468 → still inactive
Feb 2025
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2481 → returned at 2468
Jan 2024
2023
Peak Cuban rank: #6
at age 36 · rated 2490
Sep 2023
2022
All-time peak 2496
at age 35 · −28 from today
May 2022
2019
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 2476 → returned at 2481
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2468 → 2468
Most-Played Opponents
vsCarlos Daniel Albornoz CabreraGM
🇨🇺CUB·2592
+3 −8 =12
23 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsAlexey Fernandez CardosoIM
🇨🇺CUB·2409
+6 −6 =6
18 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsErmes Espinosa VelozGM
🇨🇺CUB·2473
+5 −5 =7
17 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsWilliam Hernandez GonzalezIM
🇨🇺CUB·2462
+3 −3 =10
16 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsAbel Fabian Lopez GonzalezIM
🇨🇺CUB·2373
+6 −0 =10
16 games·last met Dec 2018
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Rankings
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Cuba
#6
out of 673 players
Americas
#105
in continent
World
#841
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Cuba
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